The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-05
Local and State Notes

R. O. Soper has been appointed agent of tn %
Vandaia road at Smithboro
Employees of the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburg are undergoing second examination
for color blindness.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
organized a tourists bureau auxiliary to
its passenger department..
Cornelius and Frederick Vanderbilt accom-
panied by Chancey Depew, this week in
specting their Western lines.
In the month of September 38. $50 pieces of
baggage were handled at the Union Depot. OF
this number IL, 492 were checked out.
The new immigrant tariff which is to govern
the trunk lines on passenger business to Western
points, will take effect the first of November.
The directors of the St Louis and San Fran
cisco railroad yesterday declared dividend of
n per cent. on the preferred stock, payable
Oct. 81
F. B. Catherwood, in the passenger depart
ment of the Bee-lne. has resigned and taken a
responsible position with the Lafayette Car
works Company
Geo. Bslizhoover, formerly city passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania lines at Pittsburg,
has been appointed to the position with
the road at Chicago.
President Garrett, Of the Baltimore e. Ohio,
Is enroute home from Europe. Financial papers
say that he will return after q brief stay in this
country, to be absent year
A. Fl. McQuiddy, who has been in the freight
department of the L., N. A 81 G. road for. a
number of years at Louisville, has resigned, and
is succeeded by John DaSands.
The c., FL. & d. and the Cincinnati, Van
Vert & Mackinaw roads, jointly.
ming through coaches between Van Vert and
Cincinnati and between Cecil and Cincinnati.
There are two trains each way daily.
Lieut. j. W. Graydon, of this city. has made a
proposition to the management of the Inter
Colonial railway to heat their trains by steam
from the locomotive AS an experiment the
companv will place at his DISPOSAL six cars 70 fir
MP with his heating device.
The general passenger agents Of the trunk
lines. at their recent meeting. had a stormy ses-
sion. The question was sprung as to the respon-
sbity of the Pennsylvania road for the recent
scalping business growing out of its cut-rates to
the convention held in Philadelphia
Now that the Wabash Western 1.-THE Wabash
proper) and the Wisconsin Central roads have
fallen into line in this matter of paying conf
missions the sale of tickets, there but
eleven roads outside of the agreement, and but
five of them roads of any importance
Gen. John McNuta. receiver of the Wabash
road proper, has just returned from extended
tour through the East. ending his trip by a visit
to St Louis last week. AS result of his visit
East he will make several desirable improve
ments TO the passenger equipments of the road.
The c., l., ST T. e. G. Monday opened its
Aurora branch for both passenger and freight
traffic The expense attached to operating this
extension will be slight. the same equipments
and crews that did the work heretofore between
Lawrenceburg and the junction will do the ex-
tension work.
new position has been created on the Penn
sylvania road An excursion from Boston to
Richmond is advertised oy the company, and
one of the Inducements offered is the assurance
to ladies travelling alone that a matron will ac-
company the party 20 look especially after their
wants, and her title will be that of FORTRESS"
The Union Railway Company has received
from the Steelton rail-works 555 tons of steel
rails weighing seventy pounds to the yard. They
will be laid on the Union tracks. AT the pres
emit time the company is laying their spur tracks
the ground purchased from Coburn & Jones.
There will be eight of these tracks, varying in
length from 400 TO 600 feet.
M. r. Ingalls, president Of the c., l., ST. T.. s.
c., ono of the proprietary lines in the Union
Railway Company. is another official who is dis
gusted with the slow progress made on the new
Union railway station. He says at the rate the
work now proceeds, the bonds given to raise the
money TO make the improvement will fall due
before the structure is completed.
Robert B. Starbuck has been offered the posi-.
vision of the Bee-line, and has Its acceptance
under consideration. Mr.. Starbuck is
the c., II. 81 l. road. but for many years
employe on the Bee line in responsible positions,
and was dropped when T.. b. Thomas its
general manager. at the time the sweeping
changes were made.
The local agents, at their meeting on Monday
adjusted the freight rates TO Missouri river
points To better meet the views of our ship
pers there is a disposition shown the part of
the freight agents at this point to help manu-
facturers in rate matters far as their
power Switching charges about the only
hobby the shippers have to work on, the
recent advance not pleasing them.
The report of Geo w. Cobb secretary of the
Indianapolis Railroad Christian Association,
shows that in the quarter ending Sept 80 there
were 557 persons who visited the rooms Reli-
oious services were held in the rooms twelve
times at which 1872 persons present He
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